Buddhism Key Words Flashcards
What are the four sights
When siddartha left the palace - saw old age, death, sickness and an old holy man
Asceticism
A very simplistic life, strict with few pleasures - no luxuries
What’s renunciation
Turn your back on something
Siddartha renunciated his old life
The middle way
Between an ascetic and luxurious life
What are the 3 watches of the night
Knowledge of all previous lives
Things are reborn depending on karma
Causes of suffering and how to overcome it - realised the 4 truths
What are the four noble truths
Everyone suffers 4 types of physical: birth, old age, sickness, death
Cause of suffering is desire
End suffering by detaching ourselves from our desires
Follow eightfold path, we will overcome suffering
Tell me the 3 forms of mental suffering
Separation from someone/ thing you love
Contact with something you dislike
Not being able to achieve your desires
What’s Tanha
Thirst or craving of something
What are the 3 types of craving
Craving to please senses - music, food, sex
Craving to become something your not eg beautiful
Craving the non existence of something - wanting a situation to go away
What are the 3 poisons
When we can’t get the cravings we want we get
Pig - ignorance
Snake - hate
Chicken - greed
What’s nibbana
Means extinction - getting rid of it
Snuffing out craving
What’s the eightfold path
Tell you how to lead a good life
3 sections
Ethics
Right speech, action, livelihood
Meditation
Right effort, mindfulness, concentration
Wisdom
Right understanding, intention
What are the 3 marks of existence
Dukkha
Anicca
Anatta
What’s dukkha- dukkhata
Suffering
Physical or emotional
What’s viparinama-dukkha
Change, felling after a life changing event or during good times when you fear they will soon be over
